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"The face of the operation is Briatore (referred to exclusively in the film by his colleagues and angry, chanting detractors as "Flavio"), an anthropomorphic radish who spends most of his time at QPR plotting to fire all of the managers."

At press time, Harbaugh had sent Michigan’s athletic department an envelope containing a heavily annotated seating chart, a list of the 63,000 seat views he had found unsatisfactory, and a glowing 70-page report on section 25, row 12, seat 9, which he claimed is “exactly what the great sport of football is all about.”

One thing jumps out is that their defense is somewhat undersized with a pair of DEs at 240 and 245 lb - one of them a RFr. They have another new starter RFr at a DT spot. The LBs are 215, 220 and 215 lbs for the SLB, MLB and WLB spots respectively.

The O-Line is quite huge - from the left side - 330, 305, 290, 305 and 305 lbs. The right side is young with a RSo and RFr.

Overall - the team seems veteran on O and young on D.

Finally at 500+ MGoPoints - Now I can actively maintain my two favorite pages - Depth Chart by Class and Unofficial Two Deep.

...I don't get any sort of feeling that RichRod, Barwis, Magee et al. are planning on getting off the accelerator any time soon. If, by closer than expected you mean we score only 45 points...well, it's possible. Unlikely, but possible.

Hard Edge = No Mercy

If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone

They run the spread and have a senior quarterback that is not bad at all. We have to do more then show up for this one. We just gotta stay focused and hungry and we will be fine. They're no Baby Seal U, but they're certainly no ND or UConn either.

They do have a spread offense but their QB does not run much... just 7 carries for 26 yards (not adjusted for sacks) in the last game. 2 carries for -14 yards in the one before. However, he is efficient and completes around 65% of his passes.

Finally at 500+ MGoPoints - Now I can actively maintain my two favorite pages - Depth Chart by Class and Unofficial Two Deep.

Chill out people. Our OL is going to push those lil fellas all over the place. Our RBs will have a field day. Our D is too athletic. Even if they hang around a couple quarters they don't have the horses.

Why are we nervous about UMass? Do we have to be nervous about every game? Do we have to think every game spells DOOM? Just because the 2007 version of the Michigan Wolverines came out flat against App State, doesn't mean they are going to do the same thing in 2010. I'm not predicting anything but having a knot in your stomach over every game especially against UMass isn't good for your health.

Enjoy the 2-0 record right now. Our QB has been completely magical so far. Let's relish this and get ready to watch the Wolverines come out and play a well prepared game.

I found it funny that fans tell other fans not to overlook anybody when in reality they really don't have any effect on the team's play on the field. I can overlook whatever I want to and that doesn't affect the team in any ways. I'm looking forward to MSU game already and yes I'm expecting 5-0 before the game.

it would seem that UMass has a decent passing game. I believe their spread attack is more pass oriented than running. No matter what, our secondary needs to improve. We gave up over 500 yards of offense again.

I'm not concerned about losing to UMass, but coming out flat and not dominating them early and throughout is a concern. It should be a good chance to rest Denard for much of the game and get Tate and the RBs some work.

What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve and...Those Who Stay WILL Be Champions.

I expect the subject of James Madison and Va Tech will come up.........that wasnt even a game with an element of surprise, as they had played the previous two years, and I believe I heard a coommentator say the combined score of the first two was 90-0, VT

UMASS has played well so far this year. They beat the #4 team in DIV AA and pounded their instate rival. However, that's a bit different from playing against our offense in the Big House. Their D coordinator must be sleepless right now trying to figure out how to contain Denard.

Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.

UMass shouldn't be a tough game and we don't need any Michigan Hating... to occur.

I'd like to see Tate play several series so we can all see what the state of his game is right now. Gardner will be terrific, but in tough games, like MSU, PSU, Iowa, Wisko and osu we will probably need Tate at some point. His experience and ability to make plays out of little or nothing could be very valuable.

What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve and...Those Who Stay WILL Be Champions.

predicting Tate to get some PT this week. How do you know his punishment is over? We still don't know exactly what happened. All we have is rumors about reefer and the summer... Did he show up at practice buzzed? Did he fail a test? Who knows, but all I've seen so far is that Devin Gardner is the #2 QB at this time. If Tate sits the bench this whole year he could redshirt, and then he would have a chance to start after Shoelace graduates. That could be a crazy option, but it is a possibility. We simply don't know what he did, and what it will take for him to gain the confidence of his coaches again. All we know is that DG's redshirt is burned already and Tate's isn't. See you in the Big House this Saturday for Denard part 3, the massacre of seals...